Hi, new here

[Abby Rose]

Hi everyone. My name is Abby, and I just started doing photography about a year ago. I am a college student studying animal science and studio art. When I'm not at college I live on a small farm in mid Michigan.

I just got a camera that I feel will be fun to learn with. A Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-H50. Before that I was using some sort of Kodak, not actually my camera but my mothers. I also just got a tripod, and now I'm trying to teach my self about long-exposures at night. It's a lot of fun!

I'm trying to teach myself about photography by taking pictures, looking at pictures on Flickr that make me happy (because maybe the niceness in those pictures will rub off! ), and reading on the internet. I figured joining a photography forum was a good step, because sometimes I have questions that I can't find the answers to on Google. I hope I can ask them here.

I like to take pictures of nature, animals, the sky, and small things I find in my room. I might like to try and take pictures of people someday, but I can usually only take pictures of things that I feel some sort of connection with otherwise they don't turn out. It's hard to connect with people in a way that you can make them look good through a camera, I think. I really admire people who can do that.

I suppose thats a long enough introduction.

 

[myvinyl333]

Welcome Abby,

I to am new, joined last night. I can tell you this...you have joined a great site. Folk here are kind and open to ALL questions, regardless your experience level.

Have Fun,

jorge

 

[Big Mike]

Welcome aboard.

 

[Jacki]

Welcome from another aspiring photographer in Michigan!

 

[PerfectlyFlawed]

Welcome to TPF You'll learn lots, and love it here! :hug::

 

[MDWine]

While joing this forum was a great step :thumbup:, I have learned recently that a local club can be a great thing. Club activities will expose you to so many different levels of photographers.

Our club has a meeting night with a speaker, a workshop on a popluar topic (Photoshop for instance), the third week is a photo competition (listening to judges is interesting even if you don't enter), and then a group field trip.

That's a tremendous amount of learning opportunity that would cost you hundreds in a class.

I highly recommend it!